Wait for a qiē to be ready, just waiting for today to meet your relatives. Therefore, Lao Li's family is very lively today, because it is necessary to prepare a banquet in advance and welcome guests. And several cousins of the old Li family's peers had to accompany the groom and official Li Wujun to have a peaceful meal.

After eating, Li Wujun followed the gong and drum team and the sedan chair and went to Uncle Qin's house to greet his relatives in the direction of the county seat. And his sister-in-law Yang Yuemei also went with her, because when she went to the woman's house to greet her relatives, she needed one of the sisters-in-law and aunts in the family to support the bride.

At Uncle Qin's house, Uncle Qin invited his eldest aunt to come over, combed Qin Caiyu's hair, twisted the hair off her face with silk threads, and put on makeup, which was called "opening her face". After Li Wujun and the others arrived, Feng Caiyu, who had already eaten Hehe rice and wore a crown and a turban, sat on the edge of the bed with a red hijab and waited. The Qin family had already had relatives and friends the night before, and they had a wine banquet, which was "don't kiss the wine" and "farewell banquet".

Moreover, in advance, both men and women are going to kill pigs and sheep at home, and they are ready to invite the chef and assistant cook, sedan chair driver and other handymen. After these people are invited, they all need to go to the lord's house the day before the wedding to start their work, and make preparations for the wedding banquet. In ancient traditional marriages, the female family generally prepared the wedding wine in the morning, while the male family set up a wedding feast at noon; If it is redundant, it is the opposite reads();. After a qiē is ready, the man plays music and sends a sedan chair to greet his relatives. The matchmaker went first, followed by the groom's official welcome sister-in-law's sedan chair band gift box team. And the female family over there has to prepare the accompanying dowry and the like before the sedan chair comes.

When the sedan chair arrives at the woman's house, it will fire a cannon and play music to greet her. After the wedding procession enters the women's hall, the groom will bow to his father-in-law and mother-in-law when the sedan chair lands, and present a red welcome note written in his father's name. Then there is the women's family feast. During the banquet, the matchmaker and the groom official should be cautious, because there is an unwritten custom among the Chinese people, and during the three days of the wedding, the juniors and younger generations of relatives and friends can make up a few small comedies with ingenuity, and play tricks on the matchmaker or the groom's official, which is called "washing the matchmaker" and "hanging red", commonly known as "congratulating the new guests". The matchmaker and the groom should tolerate these small farces that can increase the joyful atmosphere, and they may wish to take a small revenge, but they should not really get angry.

Before it is time for the bride to get on the sedan chair, the groom and the bride will also bow to the bride's ancestors and elders under the guidance of the matchmaker, and then the bride should get on the sedan chair.

At this time, Qin Caiyu was led by her current sister-in-law, Uncle Qin's daughter-in-law, Qin Yushi, after resigning her relatives and friends, and the person holding the candle was guided left and right by the person holding the candle and leaving the boudoir. At this time, Yang Yuemei hurriedly stepped forward and then supported the bride and led her to the sedan chair.

The red turban used by the bride in front of the sedan chair is covered, and it cannot be removed in the sedan chair, which is the barrier, also known as the hijab. It is not until the man's family worships the hall and enters the cave room that it can be removed by the groom's official or the female relatives of the man's family who are blessed and longevity, so that the congratulatory people can see the bride's demeanor, which is called the hijab.

There is also a saying here about moving grain beans, that is, when a woman is about to get married, she usually asks a respected old woman to carry a dustpan containing grain and beans and scatter it everywhere, and in some places it is to spread grass. Before the bride gets on the sedan chair, the inside and outside of the sedan chair must be sown. When the sedan chair arrives at the man's door, the bride's sedan chair will also be sown before, which is called sprinkling grain beans. And when the bridegroom and the bride enter the cave room, and the woman sits on the left and the man on the right side of the new bed, the man must also take the grains, beans, fruits, and coins and scatter them again, which is called scattering the account. One is that the grain bean can ward off evil spirits, and the other is to use plant seeds to wish the bride an early birth of a precious child. As early as the Han Dynasty, there was already this folk custom. They also sprinkle a lot of peanuts and red dates on the bed, which means that they will give birth early, and boys and girls will be born with flowers.

Before getting on the sedan chair, the bride generally has to cry to marry to show her attachment to her father, mother, brother and sister-in-law and other family members. After the bride gets on the sedan chair, she will play music and fire cannons, and get up the sedan chair to send relatives. The band is in front, and behind the band is the groom official, and those who have the conditions are going to ride horses, so Chunyu also specially borrowed a horse from Uncle Guo's family. Then there are the sedan chairs and other people who send relatives, as well as dowry accompaniments.

When the wedding procession leaves the door of the bride's house, it must take another way when it comes home. Therefore, sometimes it is necessary to take a detour, commonly known as "no turning back". If you encounter temples, wells, ancestral tombs, large stones, big trees, etc., you must cover the sedan chair to ward off evil spirits. If you meet another family to marry, the sedan chair men should compare their skills, try to make the sedan chair more stable, and the groom and the official still have to change the corsage. If you meet a funeral person, the person who marries and sends your relatives must say: "Today is auspicious, and you have met treasure!"

Along the way, you will pass through places where there are people, and you will also sprinkle candy and peanuts on the people who are watching the excitement. When the procession is about to arrive at the door of the groom's official house, the man's family will greet him with fire.

When the sedan chair arrived at the door, Li Wujun immediately kicked the door of the three sedan chairs, and then opened the curtain and carried the bride back. Li Wujun carried Qin Caiyu on his back and crossed the brazier through the three doors, and then arrived at the hall of his house.

At this time, the incense table in the hall of the house was already full of cigarette smoke, red candles and high fever. Relatives and friends, as well as the matchmaker in charge of the ceremony, also waited on the right side first. And Chunyu and Willow Branch appeared as "Praise" and "Tongzan" respectively and began to praise. Li Wujun and Qin Caiyu received the praise of praise and Tongzan and began to worship the church.

First, Li Wujun and Qin Caiyu went to the incense case, played music and fired cannons, and the two entered the incense candles to the god and the ancestral tablet. Then kneel and offer incense and candles. Bright candles, burning incense, incense, storage, xing, flat reset.

Then there are the traditional three prostrations - one worship heaven and earth, two worship parents, husband and wife worship each other, and finally the cave house is introduced.

The new house is the north hall house when Li Dajun's family was originally in the old courtyard, with two rooms and a hall, and it has been renovated some time ago. The furniture is completely new, and all of them are painted with a layer of white ash, and a square lantern is hung in the middle of the hall, and the four sides of the lantern are painted with beautiful patterns such as "Luan Feng and Ming", "Guanyin Sending Son", "Champion and First", "Family Carnival" and so on.

The cave room is also arranged as the eldest sister-in-law Yang Yuemei and the third sister-in-law Osmanthus, the second sister Xiuzhi and the younger sister Liuzhi, but on the way to arrange the new house, the old problem of osmanthus has been made again, and it has been said that the fourth brother is married

The eldest brother's family has a lot of boxes, but the third brother is also his younger brother, but there are not many. But these people didn't answer her words, this is a good day for the fourth to get married, and Osmanthus as the third sister-in-law also said that there is nothing to say, which is really speechless.

A pair of large red candles are also arranged on the incense table of the new house, and a pair of flowers are pasted on the walls of the "opposite seat" on both sides. The "golden wall" of the new house is pasted with six big characters of "Heaven and Earth Monarch and Teacher", which are written directly from top to top. The writing of these six words is exquisite: the sky should be flat, that is, the two horizontals of the word "flat" should be written flat and cannot be twisted; The ground should be wide, that is, the word "land" should be written wider, not too narrow; Jun does not open his mouth, that is, the word "mouth" of the word "Jun" should be fully closed, and no gaps can be left; Do not close your eyes, that is, write the traditional Chinese "〓" character, the right "〓" character can not seal the last horizontal of the above "目" word.

Moreover, the door frame of the new house is pasted on both sides of a pair of couplets and horizontal batches, and the horizontal batches are generally written with the words "Luanfeng and Ming". The big red double happiness word is pasted on the door, and the new house is hung with colorful lights in the middle. The window is pasted with paper-cut red double happiness words, and the four corners are pasted with paper-cut butterfly patterns. Couplets are pasted on both sides of the windows, and calligraphy and paintings are hung around the walls. There is also a pair of couplets posted at the main entrance, and the word "Xi" is pasted on the door, and the word "Xi" is pasted on the doors of all rooms in the old courtyard.

After the worship was over, matchmaker Yang Yuemei and her group sent Qin Caiyu into the cave room. Then he just waited for Li Wujun to finish entertaining his relatives and friends, and then came over to drink wine with Qin Caiyu and eat red eggs.

The custom of drinking Heyu wine began in the Zhou Dynasty. "The Book of Rites and Evening Rituals" records: Husband and wife eat together in prison, and hold together. In fact, it is to cut a gourd into two scoops called "卺". When the marriage ceremony is held, the bride and groom each hold one side and rinse their mouths with wine, which is called "merger".

Most of the candles used in weddings here are painted with dragon and phoenix decorations, and people in later generations also used flower candles as a metaphor for marriage. He Xun has the poem "Looking at Fu Lang's Newlywed": "He Shi spent candle nights, and lightly fanned to cover the red clothes." On the wedding night, the bride and groom did not sleep all night, which is called "keeping flowers and candles". Those who do not keep the candles, after the newlyweds sleep, support the bridesmaids and others to enter the room from time to time to check whether the candles are damaged or leaked, and there may be a bad omen. Superstitious people have a saying that "the groom dies first when the left candle ends, and the bride dies first when the right candle ends", so when one candle is extinguished, another candle will be extinguished.

Then came the most lively part - the haunted cave room. This can be said to be the most important part of the marriage ceremony. In addition to being amused, the haunting room has other meanings. It is said that there are often foxes and ghosts in the cave room, and the haunted cave room can expel the yin energy of evil spirits and enhance people's yang energy, according to which there is a saying: "People do not haunt ghosts". In a positive sense, the haunted house can still add to the lively atmosphere and drive away the feeling of desertion, so some places are called "warm houses". In ancient times, the union of men and women was mostly introduced to each other and was relatively unfamiliar with each other, and the haunted room could allow them to remove the strangeness and make a good start for the newlywed life. In addition, the haunted house can also make relatives and friends get to know each other, show the prosperity of the family, and enhance the relationship between relatives and friends. At a certain time, the groom official will lead the bride to "confess his relatives". All the elders of the male family must come in one by one to let the bride and groom meet in the praise of the bride, and they should give a red envelope to the bride as a meeting gift, which is called "making a packet". At the same time, the elderly should return a "half salute". This ritual is able to show the unity of the family. The bride and groom and even the parents of the groom are often teased and teased by others and even the younger generations, and the person who is teased and teased cannot be angry, so as not to spoil the festive atmosphere of the newlywed. Of course, people in the cave room can't be too out of line, and making trouble for too long will also affect the rest of the newlyweds.

It's a pity that the little girls can't go to the lively scene, so they can only stay at home and be depressed. By this time, the feast had already ended, and the family and friends had left. So just wait for them to finish the cave house, and today will be over. Lao Li's family also has a new daughter-in-law, and Chunyu and their younger ones also have a new sister-in-law.